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Q: What happens to iWeb when there's no Mobile Me?

I was disappointed to learn that Apple will turn off Mobile Me next year. I'm a teacher and I liked using iWeb to create a small website for my classes (Homework, Activities,etc.). It was easy and the pages looked OK to me. I haven renewed my Mobile Me subscription when I bought a new iMac in January. Now I have to go through a bunch s__t to get a refund.

 

I am not interested in iClouds, iPhones, iPads, etc. I just don't want all the extra stuff. I just liked having an easy to post a website and create decent looking webpages.

 

You have to pay for iCloud, right? If I don't use and don't intend to use any iOS devices, what good is iCloud? Does it have any value?

 

What happens to my iDisk after June 30, 2012? Does it disappear?

 

Will iWeb be killed as well? I am told that you can publish webpages with iWeb to 3rd party sites, but if the application is no longer supported, it won't be long before it won't work correctly.

 

Are there any applications as good as and EASY as iWeb to use?

iBook G4 / iMacG4 / iMacG5 / / Mac Book Pro/ eMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 6, 2011 7:48 PM

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  • by TopSteve,

    TopSteve TopSteve Mar 23, 2012 3:17 AM in response to keskeseksa
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    Mar 23, 2012 3:17 AM in response to keskeseksa

    "iWeb" is an app it will NOT stop working! but its unlikely Apple will make a new version of "iWeb"   Its the "Hosting" Apple is stoping.  But "iWeb" makes pages/site that can be hosted by most 3rd party hostting services.  Apart from some of the Apple spificific(opps my dislex...) parts all of witch have alternatives.

     

    Have a look as "Sandvox" that's the closest thing to iWeb I have found.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Mar 23, 2012 3:25 AM in response to keskeseksa
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    Mar 23, 2012 3:25 AM in response to keskeseksa

    Well, Apple have already replaced MobileMe with iCloud - the two working together until the end of June this year. iCloud will NOT host websites, so no hope of hosting from Apple there, which is exactly why these new companies are springing up to fill the gap in the market.

     

    iWeb will continue to work and I still use it.

     

    Have downloaded the free trial of Freeway Pro just to see what it is like.

  • by TopSteve,

    TopSteve TopSteve Mar 23, 2012 4:10 AM in response to Ethmoid
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    Mar 23, 2012 4:10 AM in response to Ethmoid

    Ethmoid wrote:

     

    Well, Apple have already replaced MobileMe with iCloud - the two working together until the end of June this year.

    Not true! if you have an older Mac and not compleat if you have a newer one.  Let me explain;

     

    1)  MobileMe setup on SL and older was just a matter of using one System Pre's pannel,  with iCloud you have to change the settings of each app manuley/indevigley (sorry for the spelling I am dislex.......)  In this respect iCloud dose NOT replace MobileMe.

     

    2) There is no web hosting in iCloud

     

    3) as for this "June this year"  meany people say this as if it's some sort of consolation prize! it's not.  I can't even use this route to get onto iCloud.  If I could get a MobilMe account then I could move to iCloud but I can not join MobilMe so can not iCloud.  (before any one says "you can use................Lion,iOS5" if I could use Lion I would but my MacBook Pro is only a "Core Duo" and not "Core 2 Duo" or above and my iPhone is only a 3G.

  • by Wyodor,

    Wyodor Wyodor Mar 23, 2012 4:32 AM in response to TopSteve
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    Mar 23, 2012 4:32 AM in response to TopSteve

    s of each app manuley/indevigley (sorry for the spelling I am dislex.......

    Look up the correct spelling in your Mac's built-in dictionary and then copy/paste it :

     

    Manually.png

  • by TopSteve,

    TopSteve TopSteve Mar 23, 2012 5:46 AM in response to Wyodor
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    Mar 23, 2012 5:46 AM in response to Wyodor

    Thank you for your idear but it is not as clear cut as that.  E.G. If you don't know/can not spell a word then using a dictionary means looking down lists of 100s or words to find the right one!  I have liveed with this for 46 years and have had meny of thous years with teachers and helpers.   But this is not the place for a discution on dislexer.......

     

    If you wish to talk about this please e-mail me.

     

    P.S. you understood the word I was trying to spell so no problem.

  • by TopSteve,

    TopSteve TopSteve Mar 23, 2012 5:51 AM in response to TopSteve
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    Mar 23, 2012 5:51 AM in response to TopSteve

    Back on track;  As a dislex.... for me the point is MobilMe or iClous is the System Pre's pannel and for SnowLeopard there is no iCloud System Pre's pannel to replace the MobilMe one.  This is inportant as I can get the spelling of something wrong more than once on one page letalone entering the same data in more than one place.  (yes I know about Cut and Past but often the data is slighley diffent (port address for instance))

  • by KHvG,

    KHvG KHvG Mar 23, 2012 7:45 AM in response to Wyodor
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    Mar 23, 2012 7:45 AM in response to Wyodor

    That's not very kind, we all know that TopSteve is dislex and his messages are always clear enough to me. What's important is that one understands what he writes and not to tell him off. It would be a **** of a job to look up the spelling all the time.

     

    Now back to the subject : I've just bought Sandvox which is a very good alternative to iWeb, you can download a free trial.

  • by Jeff Nitschke,

    Jeff Nitschke Jeff Nitschke Mar 23, 2012 9:27 AM in response to Joeswell
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    Mar 23, 2012 9:27 AM in response to Joeswell

    You can continue to use iWeb it is just no longer being updated & you will want to get a 3rd party host like IX Webhosting before June 30, 2012 when MobileMe will be permanently discontinued.

    http://jeffnitschke.com/IXWebHosting.html

  • by KHvG,

    KHvG KHvG Mar 23, 2012 9:25 AM in response to Jeff Nitschke
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    Mar 23, 2012 9:25 AM in response to Jeff Nitschke

    Yes of course, but some iWeb features are not supported by some webhosts, like e.g. the hit counter. Secondly, iWeb is not developed anymore, so it will be outdated soon.

  • by Jeff Nitschke,

    Jeff Nitschke Jeff Nitschke Mar 23, 2012 9:30 AM in response to KHvG
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    Mar 23, 2012 9:30 AM in response to KHvG

    I personally like my outdated iWeb site thank-you very much.

     

    http://jeffnitschke.com

  • by KHvG,

    KHvG KHvG Mar 23, 2012 9:31 AM in response to Jeff Nitschke
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    Mar 23, 2012 9:31 AM in response to Jeff Nitschke

    Haha, yes I like mine as well : www.karinmartin.fr

    but as technology develops, I can't sit still.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Mar 23, 2012 11:08 AM in response to TopSteve
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    Mar 23, 2012 11:08 AM in response to TopSteve

    Not sure you read or understood my post at all - if you read it again, I did actually say that iCloud Does NOT host.

     

    I was talking about the alternatives that have sprung up such NewMobileMe to fill the gap in the market.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 23, 2012 12:00 PM in response to TopSteve
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    Mar 23, 2012 12:00 PM in response to TopSteve

    TopSteve:

     

    Safari has a spelling function brought up with the Shift+Command+; key combination.

    Safari001.jpg

    This same spell checker works in iWeb and many other applications. 

     

    OT

  • by TopSteve,

    TopSteve TopSteve Mar 23, 2012 2:31 PM in response to Ethmoid
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    Mar 23, 2012 2:31 PM in response to Ethmoid

    Ethmoid wrote:

     

    Not sure you read or understood my post at all - if you read it again, I did actually say that iCloud Does NOT host.

     

    I was talking about the alternatives that have sprung up such NewMobileMe to fill the gap in the market.

    I did read and understand your post and I am sorry but I was only answering the first sentance that started "Well, Apple have already replaced MobileMe with iCloud "  I am sorry I did not think about answering the secound sentance contaning "iClous........" as your RIGHT!

  • by TopSteve,

    TopSteve TopSteve Mar 23, 2012 3:19 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 23, 2012 3:19 PM in response to Old Toad

    This is not the place to talk about dislexer but as your the secound persion to raise the point I feel I must put and explation.  I will be putting a webpage togever and will put a link to it in my profile but in the mean time.

     

    Why do you think I say at the start of evey 5th or so post "sorry for the spelling I am dislex...."? consider that question tacking into account the flowing;

     

    Working with computers for 26 years and having a Higher National Diploma in computer hardware and software engineering as well as a city & guild in electrical engineering. I do know about spell checkers, infact the one in OS X is avable to all programs.

     

    Part of the problem that the dislexer I have means that I can not reconize the right word even if I see it in a list and having a spell checker display a chouse of 5 to 10 words can make me more confused as to wich one is right and in the long term make my spelling and other things worse.   The other problem is often website have time out fuctions that after I have gone though the process of spell checking and other checking the page is no longer vailid.

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